Sedimentary rock layers from this period reveal extraordinary ... s ring system persisted and its precise impact on life and ...

Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

While the Earth has experienced countless climate variations during its long history, a longstanding hypothesis known as ...

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something ...